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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s easiest fight on paper this year turned out to be his hardest in the ring.
Rodriguez, who caused a sensation by outpointing Carlos Cuadras and stopping Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in back-to-back fights, defeated a stubborn Israel Gonzalez by a unanimous decision to retain his 115-pound title on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin card Saturday in Las Vegas.
The scores were 118-109, 117-110 and 114-113. Boxing Junkie scored it 115-112 for Rodriguez, eight rounds to four.
Rodriguez (17-0, 11 KOs) had to work hard to come away with the victory.
Gonzalez, a four-time title challenger from Mexico, got off to a quick…
